The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-03

The bill reported by the committee on COM
MERGE as a substitute for the bill passed by
the house was read, and various amend
ments were offered by the chairman of the
committee. Mr.. Mcmillan, and adopted.
These were generally an increase of amounts
senators, other items were increased Mr..
Edmunds moved to strike out Of section 3,
which provides for the requirement by con.
domination Of lands or material necessary in
the prosecution Of works OF Improvement,
the proviso authorizing the secretary of war,
reasonable, to purchase the property with.
out further delay. Defeated-Yeas ~, nays
81. The section and proviso were both
modified by striking out the words %or ma,
ter1al."
TRANSACTED IN THE HOUSE
The senate amendments to the invalid pen
sion appropriation bill were n~onconcurred
IN and a conference ordered. Mr.. Weaver
Neh) called up the vetoed pension bill OF
Simmons W.. Hart. The house refused tc
pass the bill over the veto-142 to 90. The
house e into committee Of the whole or
the senate amendments to the sundry civil.
bill, and 100 of the 26O pages of the bill
were disposed of. An evening session was
held for the consid GRAFTON Of pension bills
SENATE.
W AsH1xoToN, Feb. 10.-The president sen,
two messages to the senate to-day. vetoing
two acts granting pensions to Charlotte
O'Neal and John Beed. One proposed t.
grant q pension to the widow Of Richard
O'Neal, late colonel Of the T~wenty-sixth In
diana volunteers This is vetoed because
ONeaA after his resignation, died Of ,
disease not at all related to his military
service, and because the name s given in.
correctly in the bill. In the case Of JohT
Reed, the president states that Reed applied
tor 9 pension on the ground hat he wa,
John, who died in tho service. The dead
soldiers mother had been granted q pension
on the statement that she was q widow. The
pension office refused Reeds application be.
cause he had abandoned his family in 1859.
The president concludes:
This case demonstrated the means employed
n attempts to cheat the government in applica-
tons for pensions, too often successful Th&
allegation OF 1877 Of the man who now passea
der. the mother died in 1872. when It tia,
time her claim was pending for pension largely
based upon, his abandonment; the AFFIDAVIT Of
tho man who testified that he saw her die 10
1872; the e6rontery Of this unworthy father
renewing his claim after the detection
Of his fraud and tho actual death Of
that she was . widow, when in fact she was An
abandoned wife, show the processes which enter
into these claims for pensions, and tho boldnea
with which plans are sometimes con cocted to
rob tho government by actually trafioking in
death. and imposing on the sacred sentiment Of
PATRIOTISM ana national Qat1tude.
PERFORMED IN THE HOUSE.
MI. Cobb, from the conference committee
on the bill repeating the presumption, tim
Der culture and desert land acts, reported q
continued disagreement. After q fow re-
marks by MI: Cobb in explanation of the
disagreement, in the course OF which he
the secretary Of the interior today stood asi
side by side and shoulder to shoulder with
Gen. Sparks in his administration Of
the land office. the further consideration
OF the report was postponed for the present
Inc mouse went into committee Of the whole
for the further consideration of the senate
amendments to tho sundry civil appropria-
zion Dill: The senate amendment was con-
CURED In apprOpriating 1926. 900 for the
education OF children in Alaska, notwith-
standing the recommendation of the COM
mittee on appropriations to the contrary.
SENATE.
Senator Plumb, from the committee on pub
lie lands, to-day reported the senate bill for
the relief Of purchasers and other grantees
OF the United States of certain swamp and
lands, and to reimburse and in>
demnify certain states. This bill was intro.
duced by Mr.. spooner, and provides:
1t shall be the duty Of the proper officers of
the treasury and interior department to adjust
md settle the claims of any state against the
un ? states for Ss All lands which have been OF
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by the United States that were included in any
grant Of swamp or overflow lands to such state.
That for all Of said lands in any state which
were sold for cash the said state shall
have credit for the full amount of the purchase
money received by the United States as of the
last day Of the year in which it were received
and the same shall be applied to the payment OF
the indebtedness, If any, Of such state to the
U nited States, and the balance less such sums
as may heretofore been paid or credited as
shall be paid over to the said state.
An amendment was made providing tina
the amount returned in lieu of the lands
should be at the price per acre fixed by the
state for this land, and If the state had not
fixed a price on its Ian a fair valuation
be arranged between the United
States and the state to which the money
to be paid.
IN HOUSE.
Mr.. Henderson IN. C), from the committee
on elections, submitted a report on the Indi-
ana contested election case of Kidd against
Steele. and it was laid over until Thursday.
The report, which is unanimous, confirms
the right of the contestee (Steele) to tho
seat It was ordered that the hour for the
daily meeting Of the house shall be II